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If you play your cards right

“The baby boomers have never stopped looking for a little more room, or stopped believing that more space is somehow a good in itself.”

Eventually, this led to sprawled landscapes of Starter Castles and McMansions, accessed by freeways and off-ramps. Car companies, picking up on the generational predilection for “me-time” and “personal space,” cranked out ever-larger SUVs and minivans that doubled as private pods, complete with state-of-the art entertainment systems.

It’s now becoming clear, though, that many children of the Boomers view their parents’ housing and transportation choices as the emptiest of cul-de-sacs. As veteran automotive writer Michael Hagerty has observed about chauffeuring his now car-averse offspring around, “A lot of Millennials have got to be just plain sick of the things after spending 16 to 20 years with Suburbans strapped to their asses several hours a day being driven to and from school, shopping and activities.”

It’s no surprise that, when the same Millennials leave the ‘burbs for cities — as they are in ever increasing numbers — the last thing on their minds is impoverishing themselves with monthly payments on several tons of plastic, glass, and metal. Not when there are so many transportation alternatives available.